both planets are actually a comparable shade of greenish blue. well, to help us understand this, i mjoined by professor catherine heymans. she s the astronomer royal for scotland, and a professor of astrophysics at the university of edinburgh. hello to you. thank you very much forjoining us. hello to you. thank you very much forjoining m hello to you. thank you very much forjoining ve for “oining us. please explain, why did forjoining us. please explain, why did we think forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they were forjoining us. please explain, why did we think they were these - did we think they were these different colours to begin with? these images that we are used to seeing are from the voyager two nation. it was a nasa spacecraft that was launched in the late 70s and took images of uranus and neptune in the late 80s by the time it got there. now, the way you and i see colour is we have photo re
big ben strikes midnight. it s europe s biggest fireworks display and as the countdown began, more than 100,000 people watched along the river thames as the london skyline lit up and the sounds of big ben chimed. you can actually smell the gunpowder the air, you can smell it. it is fireworks night here. big ben, the chimes have rung and we are now officially in 202a. the best show on earth. amazing, indescribable, no words. so worth it, i am loving it so much. this is my first time for london, coming here and seeing this. i i love it, it is so good. this year s theme is unity, a message played from the king. 0ur society is woven from diverse threads. and the london mayor, who thanked those working in the nhs, the police and the fire service. he said the event took months to organise. we have planned this sincejuly. there is a team of 75 who have been working over the last four days. one of our strengths as a city and country is our diversity. we will be celebrating our dive
heatwave and drought in parts of the uk for autumnal conditions, which are already being seen in england a month ahead of time. also coming up in half an hour, it s talking business. the momentum behind women s sport is at fever pitch after england win the european football cup but is the money finally flowing in to level the playing field with men? good afternoon. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 24 hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the rest of the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. we had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously it will take a lot of time to g
As a frankensteins monster of a case. And worth the weight. The 12 hour operation to rescue a baby elephant after it fell down a well in india. A new plan to lift englands lockdown from the 2nd of december will be finalised by government ministers today. The National Lockdown will be lifted, but a new tougher version of the three tiered system of restrictions will replace it. Even the lowest level will be much stricter than before as experts warn that it just wasnt working to control infection rates. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, reports. What will christmas look like this year . Well soon find out. Tomorrow, borisjohnson will confirm to parliament that england is coming out of National Lockdown on the 2nd of december and going back into regional tiers of coronavirus restrictions. The system will be stricter this time round with more areas under tighter rules. Leicesters had tough restrictions for months and infection rates are still high. Its what it is, weve got to keep
We know that 750,000 people have tragically already lost their jobs with forecasts of more to come. A usjudge has dismissed president trumps latest challenge to his election defeat as a frankensteins monster of a case. And a moment shell never forget. A baby elephant is rescued after falling down a well in india. Good afternoon. The government is finalising plans for a new tougher tiered system of coronavirus restrictions when england emerges from lockdown on december the 2nd. The Prime Minister and the cabinet are meeting this afternoon and it is thought there could be tighter rules around household mixing, which is seen as a major cause of transmission. And talks continue between the governments of the home nations to come to a common agreement for the whole country on the easing of some restrictions over the christmas period. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. Its confirmed. Englands nationwide lockdown will end on the 2nd of december. The regulations expire on that date,